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NanterreCrowds gathered in town halls across France on Monday to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of violence caused by the police shooting of a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb. The unrest, which appeared to abate Sunday night, was prompted by a backlash by suburban teens and urban housing projects against a French state that many young people with immigrant backgrounds say routinely discriminates against them.
Monday’s anti-riot demonstrations – dubbed “the mobilization of citizens for a return to republicanism” – came after a car crashed into the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb, sparking widespread outrage. The Interior Ministry said 99 municipal buildings were attacked in the violence. In a statement, the Association of Mayors noted that “regions everywhere in France are experiencing serious unrest targeting republican symbols with extreme violence.”
In the commune of l’Hay-les-Les Roses in the southern suburbs of Paris, hundreds of people gathered on Monday to support the mayor. Vincent Janpron, whose wife and one of his young children were injured when the explosives-packed car crashed into his home early Sunday while they were sleeping. It was an unusual personal attack that authorities said would be prosecuted as attempted murder.
There was little in the way of organized protests after last week’s rally for NaelThe 17-year-old of Algerian origin was killed on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Instead, the anger manifested itself in al-Shabaab targeting the police, with both sides using increasingly aggressive tactics. Home Secretary Gerald Darmanin has targeted families who have allowed children to wreak havoc on the streets, saying the average of the 3,354 people arrested over the past week was 17, some as young as 12. Or the mayor or state to resolve the issue of a 12-year-old setting a school on fire. It’s a matter of parental authority.” The Interior Ministry said 157 people were arrested overnight, down from 700 the previous night and more than 1,300 on Friday night. It added that three police officers were injured and 300 cars sustained fire damage.
On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron met with the mayors of 220 towns across the country. Across France, 34 buildings – many of them government-related – were attacked from Sunday to Monday, along with 297 vehicles.
In an effort to crack down on what has become one of Macron’s biggest challenges since taking office in 2017, the Interior Ministry once again deployed 45,000 police and gendarmes nationwide Sunday night into Monday, the same number as the previous two nights. Meanwhile, Nael’s relatives urged calm. His grandmother said on Sunday that the rioters were using his death as an excuse to wreak havoc: “We don’t want them to break things. Nahil is dead, that’s all.”
Monday’s anti-riot demonstrations – dubbed “the mobilization of citizens for a return to republicanism” – came after a car crashed into the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb, sparking widespread outrage. The Interior Ministry said 99 municipal buildings were attacked in the violence. In a statement, the Association of Mayors noted that “regions everywhere in France are experiencing serious unrest targeting republican symbols with extreme violence.”
In the commune of l’Hay-les-Les Roses in the southern suburbs of Paris, hundreds of people gathered on Monday to support the mayor. Vincent Janpron, whose wife and one of his young children were injured when the explosives-packed car crashed into his home early Sunday while they were sleeping. It was an unusual personal attack that authorities said would be prosecuted as attempted murder.
There was little in the way of organized protests after last week’s rally for NaelThe 17-year-old of Algerian origin was killed on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Instead, the anger manifested itself in al-Shabaab targeting the police, with both sides using increasingly aggressive tactics. Home Secretary Gerald Darmanin has targeted families who have allowed children to wreak havoc on the streets, saying the average of the 3,354 people arrested over the past week was 17, some as young as 12. Or the mayor or state to resolve the issue of a 12-year-old setting a school on fire. It’s a matter of parental authority.” The Interior Ministry said 157 people were arrested overnight, down from 700 the previous night and more than 1,300 on Friday night. It added that three police officers were injured and 300 cars sustained fire damage.
On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron met with the mayors of 220 towns across the country. Across France, 34 buildings – many of them government-related – were attacked from Sunday to Monday, along with 297 vehicles.
In an effort to crack down on what has become one of Macron’s biggest challenges since taking office in 2017, the Interior Ministry once again deployed 45,000 police and gendarmes nationwide Sunday night into Monday, the same number as the previous two nights. Meanwhile, Nael’s relatives urged calm. His grandmother said on Sunday that the rioters were using his death as an excuse to wreak havoc: “We don’t want them to break things. Nahil is dead, that’s all.”
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